May has been a bit busier for our board and staff as a slight easing in restrictions has seen a small increase in activity around our communities. I have really missed be being able to catch up in person with many of the groups and people I meet in my…

Since our last note to our shareholders and friends of the Lara District Community Bank Branch so much has happened in our world. Following the move to stage 3 restrictions relating to people moving about our community the board have made the difficult decision to temporarily close the branch on…

As always, our Community Bank has been very busy providing a quality personable banking service that supports our local communities. Last Thursday we held a Grants Night as part of the Community Investment Program for 2020. Just to provide a change in the way we run these nights it…

Happy New Year! I hope that you enjoyed some time with your family and friends over the past few weeks. It is with sadness, that I write to advise that our inaugural branch manager, Damien Foster, has tendered his resignation and his last day in Lara, will be this Friday,…

On behalf of the Board of the Lara & District Community Enterprise and our staff at the Lara District Community Bank Branch, I wish all our Shareholders and supporters a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It has been a pleasure to support our Community over the past…

We have just completed another grants round within excess of $200,000 of requests for support. It is amazing how much work groups in our regions are doing to provide sporting programs for youths, providing emergency services, or in some cases our local schools wanting to provide improved educational outcomes than…

The importance of Community Banking to many groups in our region has been well evidenced in the last month with many submissions for funding of a wide range of projects and activities. We received submissions from 14 different groups with in excess of $200,000 requested for a wide range of…

This last month has been incredibly busy for our Community Branch, with numerous visits to groups that support our great Community. We held our second Community Investment Program evening for the year with in-excess of 60 people attending the Lara Golf Club. One measure of the success of these evenings…

As always, we have had a busy month, commencing with the wrap of our fantastic 10th birthday celebrations. Thank you again, to all that came to help celebrate this milestone for us. Five our volunteer directors attended the annual conference in Marysville earlier in July. These conferences are invaluable and…

Wow, ten years old. Today, our Lara District Community Bank Branch celebrates its 10th birthday. Yesterday, we celebrated the milestone with cupcakes in the branch and finished with dancing at the Lara Sporting Club. A huge thankyou to the 120 people who joined us at the Lara Sporting Club to…